Selected Families and Individuals

George Washington Sims [Parents] was born on 22 Jun 1845. He died on 6 Aug 1917 in AL. He was buried on 9 Aug 1917 in Bethel West Cemetery, Bethel, Conecuh County, AL. He married Martha L. Byrd about 1870.

Martha L. Byrd was born on 11 Aug 1848. She died on 5 Jan 1923 in AL. She was buried on 8 Jan 1923 in Bethel West Cemetery, Bethel, Conecuh County, AL. She married George Washington Sims about 1870.

They had the following children:

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Huey Sims was born after 1870. Huey died before 1950.

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Lilburn Sims was born after 1870. Lilburn died before 1950.

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Stephen Ernest Sims was born on 10 Dec 1886 in AL. He died on 2 Jul 1971. He was buried on 6 Jul 1971 in Bethel West Cemetery, Bethel, Conecuh County, AL.

Richard Pace was born in 1700 in Prince George County, VA. He died in 1775 in GA. He married Elizabeth Cain in 1723 in Northampton County, NC.

Elizabeth Cain was born in 1704 in Northampton County, NC. She died in 1775 in GA. She married Richard Pace in 1723 in Northampton County, NC.

Jesse Mixon (3) was born about 1797 in Beaufort County, NC. He died in Jun 1837 in Beaufort County, NC.

Peter Morse (3) [Parents] was born on 14 Nov 1674 in Essex County, MA. He died on 22 Nov 1722 in Windham County, CT. The cause of death was smallpox. He married Priscilla Carpenter on 28 Dec 1698 in Windham County, CT.

Priscilla Carpenter was born in 1681. She died on 2 Aug 1759 in CT. She married Peter Morse (3) on 28 Dec 1698 in Windham County, CT.

Alexander Chancey was born in 1791 in Bladen County, NC. He died after 1850. He married Rhodie Mixon in 1818 in Darlington County, SC.

Rhodie Mixon [Parents] was born in 1792 in SC. She died after 1850. She married Alexander Chancey in 1818 in Darlington County, SC.

They had the following children:

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Kitsy Ann Chancey was born about 1818 in SC. She died in 1904 in AL.

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Matilda Chancey was born in 1827 in SC. She died after 1830.

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Ellender Chancey was born in 1833 in AL. She died after 1835.

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Irvin Chancey was born on 25 Jun 1833 in Henry County, AL. He died on 31 Oct 1911 in AL.

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Samantha Chancey was born in 1837 in AL. She died in Jun 1880.

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John Travis Chancey was born about 1843 in AL. He died after 1850.

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Malita Chancey was born about 1847 in AL. She died after 1850.

David Hester Chase was born in 1830 in Henry County, KY. He died after 1916. He married Sarah Swaim (5) before 1849.

Sarah Swaim (5) [Parents] was born in 1832 in IN. She died after 1916. She married David Hester Chase before 1849.

They had the following children:

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William Merritt Chase was born on 1 Nov 1849 in IN. He died on 15 Oct 1916 in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. He was buried on 18 Oct 1916 in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY.

Praised by critics, admired by colleagues and respected by students,
this distinguished 19th-century artist produced paintings and pastels
of gentle beauty.
William Merritt Chase dominated the universe of American Art during
the late 19th century. He was one of the first artists to turn out
Impressionist landscapes in the United States, a portrait painter of
the first rank, a master of still life, a renowned teacher, a leader
of societies of artists, and a gifted connoisseur of European
painting. He also knew everyone who counted in American art.
Chase believed in theatrical self-promotion, and cultivated a
bohemian guise and public image of artful sophistication that won him
both publicity and patrons. It was his studio, however, that made him
a celebrity. Crammed full of objets d'art and exotic treasures --
Japanese fans, East Indian drums, paintings, tapestries, Phoenician
glass, ornate frames, a stuffed flamingo and 37 Russian samovars --
the spacious suite Chase rented at the Tenth Street Studio Building
in New York soon became the talk of the town. Illustrations of the
studio were featured in art magazines, and Henry Adams and other
novelists employed it as a setting for their fiction.
Chase had studied at the Royal Academy in Munich and adopted the
dark, lush colors and bold brushwork that characterized the
prevailing style there. In the late 1880s, however, he changed his
approach and turned to the brighter, lighter palette and shorter
brushstrokes of the French Impressionists. He also took his canvases
and easel out-of-doors to directly capture scenes of American life.
One of the most prominent art teachers of his day, Chase was also the
founder of the Chase School of Art (now the Parsons School of Design)
in New York. The roster of his students included such future
luminaries as Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper and Rockwell Kent.
His vast body of work includes portraits of his mother, Sarah Swaim
Chase, and his grandfather, Moses Swaim. Both are on display in the
Indianapolis Museum of Art.
-source: Smithsonian Magazine, Feb. 2001